Re: The Official Tucson Concert Awareness Thread

Little Dragon was fucking incredible!!! I went in quite naively, having only heard their work on the new Gorillaz. Best show I've seen in a while...

It was an early show, not sure why. It baffles the mind to think a band appearing on one of the top selling albums in the WORLD, only draws 40-50 people. Ahhh, such is Tucson. The show was over by 10p.

Princeton opened up. Pretty talented band, not my style. Twin(literally) guitar power-pop. They covered Yo La Tengo and at times sounded very much like Royksopp and Vampire Weekend. Meh.

Then comes Little Dragon. Wow. Live drums mixed with programmed beats, synths, bass guitar and heavenly vocals. Their stage presence is all about Yukimi, the lead singer. She owned the stage. The band was really tight, although they did extend songs and jam out several times. Their vibe reminds me of Portishead and the jammy extended parts sounded a bit like a stripped down !!!. Yukimi put me in a trance.

Barring major conflicts on fest Friday, I will be watching this band again. I plucked up the courage to say hi to Yukimi after the show. I also told her I was looking forward to seeing her at Coachella. She was very sweet and told me it is going to be fun. Did I mention she is super sexycute?!!